St. Patrick’s Day lite, for very young children.
Teach the colors of the rainbow with this board book.
A charming cartoon fox in a leprechaun-green suit and top hat stars in a rhyming romp through the colors of the rainbow. A couplet on each page introduces a color and lists some of the items of that hue children can spot. It follows the color spectrum pattern with the exception of indigo, an appropriate choice for the audience. There are no humans in this colorful fantasy world. The vulpine leprechaun featured on every page drives a red tractor, points out orange butterflies, eats a picnic lunch with lots of yellow treats. The couplet on the green page eschews shamrocks in favor of four-leaf clovers: “Green is clover, pluck some up, / All day long you’ll have good luck!” Blue is a sailing scene. Though the verse on the purple page says, “Purple in a garden grows,” a purple cottage is the prominent feature in the illustration, not a garden. The final spread actually has three rainbows—two arcs at the top and a third partial rainbow that ends in a pot of gold. The rainbow arcs form a handle, making this sturdy book also toteable. Very young children won’t appreciate the oblique references to St. Patrick’s Day but will enjoy identifying colors.
St. Patrick’s Day lite, for very young children. (Board book. 1-2)Pub Date: Dec. 22, 2020
ISBN: 978-0-358-27265-6
Page Count: 10
Publisher: HMH Books
Review Posted Online: March 1, 2021
Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 2021
As bright and bold as the holiday it celebrates.
An excited little one celebrates Easter.
The Easter Bunny is on its way, and Patricelli’s one-haired tot is thrilled. He prepares for the holiday by painting eggs and making bunny ears. On the big day, he excitedly looks for Easter eggs while his parents watch. The bold, rounded illustrations catch the eye, with a wide range of colors used throughout. The author pays a little lip service toward education by showing primary colors combining to create secondary colors, but the book's main focus is the exuberance that comes with celebrating the holiday, particularly when the traditions are so new and exciting. The enthusiasm is infectious, and read-alouds will most likely lead to little ones’ looking to do some arts and crafts of their very own.
As bright and bold as the holiday it celebrates. (Board book. 1-2)Pub Date: Feb. 10, 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7636-6319-3
Page Count: 26
Publisher: Candlewick
Review Posted Online: Jan. 19, 2015
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 2015
Sounds like a winner, though the animal chorus is a bit thin.
Bunny hunts for carrots but finds noisy animal babies behind each flap instead.
“Bunny hops out of her burrow, / she’s looking for carrots to eat. / Can you help this fluffy friend / find a tasty treat?” The baaas, quacks, chirps, and horsey clip-clopping—activated by light as each of the first four big, shaped flaps lift—are gratifyingly loud and clear. All of the animal figures in the bright color pictures are intensely cute plush toys inserted into simple outdoorsy mixes of painted greenery and photographed flowers and bugs. Even the heaped carrots hiding behind the fifth and final flap are soft and fuzzy, though you’d never know that from the sound as Bunny hops on them (with a really loud boing) and chows down with crunches so comically amplified and rapid that caregivers too will laugh (at least the first dozen or so go-rounds). As no pressing of buttons is required to cue the sound effects, Bunny’s miniodyssey is suited to sharing at a slight remove with groups of toddlers as well as one-on-one. Batteries are replaceable, and there is (thankfully) an on-off switch on the rear cover.
Sounds like a winner, though the animal chorus is a bit thin. (Novelty board book. 18 mos.-2)Pub Date: Jan. 8, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4654-7853-5
Page Count: 12
Publisher: DK Publishing
Review Posted Online: Dec. 15, 2018
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 15, 2019
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